So we were ready to revel. I had beautiful Mother’s Day sample cards set out. There were pretty Thank You cards included as gifts to the guests. The catering arrived. Mmmm, bbq. But wait! We had an old school corkscrew…Read more ›

It’s a rite of passage: the macaroni-glued, glittery card I made for Mom, once upon a time. When Tiny Prints reminded me of those childhood memories, and invited me to host a party featuring their beautiful custom Mother’s Day cards,…Read more ›

It’s a question that parents keep echoing as they search for the right school for their children: Why can’t every school be good? Why isn’t this as easy as sending my kid to the neighborhood school? I could read it…Read more ›

I walk my son to school every morning and wait as he sits in his class’ line in the schoolyard. When his teacher arrives, she gathers the class and walks them to their classroom. The other morning as we parents…Read more ›

We were lucky that our son took to kindergarten like a duck to water. He literally skipped home from school with me after the first day, and said, “Mama, that was the funnest day ever!” Day two yielded the comment,…Read more ›

Excuse the iPhone autofill typos We really enjoyed Legoland. (We ourselves paid to go there, paid for lodgings, etc. This isn’t a review so much as assorted musings on Legoland versus Disney.) The thing I liked about it the most…Read more ›

I’m not going to bury the lede: My son accidentally zinged a Got Milk? frisbee off the head of the president of the California Milk Processors Board at a Got Milk? event. Color me mortified. The head of the trade…Read more ›

I’ve had my eye on the Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Markets grocery chain, a US outgrowth of the British chain Tesco, for quite some time…ever since they announced they’d launch in SoCal. (So had then-presidential candidate Barack Obama.) Why? They…Read more ›

I’ve had my eye on the Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Markets grocery chain, a US outgrowth of the British chain Tesco, for quite some time…ever since they announced they’d launch in SoCal. (So had then-presidential candidate Barack Obama.) Why? They…Read more ›